The Essential Science for Teachers courses are designed to help k - 6 teachers gain an understanding of some of the bedrock...
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The Essential Science for Teachers courses are designed to help k - 6 teachers gain an understanding of some of the bedrock science concepts they need to teach standards-based curricula. Earth and Space Science consists of eight one-hour video programs accompanied by print and Web materials that provide in-class activities and homework explorations. Real-world examples, demonstrations, animations, still graphics, and interviews with scientists compose content segments that are intertwined with in-depth interviews with children that uncover their ideas about the topic at hand. Each program also features an elementary school teacher and his or her students exploring the topic using exemplary science curricula. Use the complete course for teacher education or professional development, or individual programs for content review.

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This website allows you to examine virtually any section of the planet via satellite images. Easy to pull up any satellite...
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This website allows you to examine virtually any section of the planet via satellite images. Easy to pull up any satellite image on the spot! You will need to download the free version of google earth.

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This is the fourth lesson of four about what maps show us. This web site covers Investigation and Interpretations Standard h...
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This is the fourth lesson of four about what maps show us. This web site covers Investigation and Interpretations Standard h of the California Content Standards. Included in the teaching packet are a set of maps of Salt Lake City, Utah, an activity sheet, key points of the lesson, suggestions for teaching the lesson and additional follow up activities. When teaching a lesson about topographic maps it will be necessary to discuss what a topographic map is and what is shows. It will be necessary to go more in depth than what the lesson on the site discusses. The activity sheet starts by showing a simple contour map and how to read it. The activity then shows how a simple map of an area can be represented with a contour map to provide more information. The activity concludes with students examining a real topographic map of Salt Lake City and answering questions about this map.

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Build your own mountain of clay or Play-Doh ®, then make a topo map of it. Then read about the largest structure ever to fly...
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Build your own mountain of clay or Play-Doh ®, then make a topo map of it. Then read about the largest structure ever to fly in space and how it made a topo map of the whole world. Teaches how topo maps are made and how to read them. Explains how radar is used from space to make topo maps of Earth.

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Helps students become proficient at observing & interpreting maps, learn architectural & cartographic terms, appreciate their own role in affecting history, & contribute to a panoramic map of their town. (LOC)

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The purpose of this learning object, "Mining Landscape", is to elucidate how metal, in this case copper, is...
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The purpose of this learning object, "Mining Landscape", is to elucidate how metal, in this case copper, is extracted today. The starting point of the survey is a three-layered copper deposit. The different ores in the layers need to be treated by different metal extraction methods. First will be an explanation of the processes within pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy. Then extra focus will be put on so-called heap bioleaching and the role of microorganisms in metal extraction. A short discussion of by-products and the environmental problem of acid mine drainage will follow. There are different ways to go through the object. One way is to jump between different sections of the object by using the jump buttons. Another way is to "travel" sequentially by using the continue and back buttons. In case you are not familiar with the subject the sequential route is recommended. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 SwedenAttribution. You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor. Share Alike. If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under a licence identical to this one.

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